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news featuring sports! Masayoshi Ivvamoto puts color to an otherwise blank canvas, page 6. A special eight-page section about Valentine's Day features stories about kissing, WSU searches for answers against Montana and Sacramento State, page 1 6. mm- i ove and different ideas, pages 7-14. Volume 63 Issue 48 Wednesday, February 14, 2001 mw4 1 - r j f jT I ir it IIAVH1 H IGNPOST w E B E R T E U N I V R I T Y Students react to Napster ruling Monday's court ruling has many students wondering whether it was justified By Mark Cray news editor The Signpost Assuming the music swapping Web site Napster gets shut down, over half the students who visit the computer lab in the Stewart Library at Weber State University will have to search the Internet for other sites, said lab assistant John Cheney. Cheney said more than 50 percent of the students come to the lab to use the Limp Bizkit-loving, Metallica-hating Web site. Fear of the Web site's demise came after a San Francisco court ruled that Napster must stop users from swapping copyrighted music. Napster can still stay in business until the court writes its injunction. An injunction that could come within a matter of days. "I think everyone saw it coming," said Jolie Hales, a WSU sophomore. It's estimated that 1.5 million users are logged on to Napster at any time during the weekend, and there are about 50 million users of the site. As much as some students would hate to see the site terminated, many think the ruling was justified. "I think it's justified," said Cheney. "Companies pay to make CDs and pay their singers, so you have to keep the royalties coming in. You have to make a living." Cheney, who visits Napster twice a week but has never burned a CD, said he will just download music from other music swapping sites if Napster is forced to log off. Russell Porter, a WSU sophomore, won't go to a new site. "I'm not that adamant in it ... but I see a major part of Napster users doing it." Porter has logged on to Napster about 40 times but he sees why the court ruled the way it did. "As much as I like going on Napster, I do agree with the rul- see Napster page 18 7. (9) By Melissa Mikesell managing editor The Signpost Century Campus Housing Management, L.P., a national leader in private management of on-campus housing, joined in partnership with the residence halls of Weber State University in order to provide students residing in the halls better living conditions. CCHM took the reins from WSU Jan. 1. 2001 and so far, the transition has been a smooth one. "Century has been really good about making the transition as smooth as possible," said Matt Topham. a resident assistant in Wasatch First South residence hall and a WSU sophomore. "Most of the residents, 1 think, didn't even know there was a change." Although some students haven't noticed any change, there are changes being made. Those that don't know of the changes will find out soon enough, especially when they go to pay their bills. "Some of the things some students noticed right away are that now all payments for their food plan, telephone bill or their residence home room are made at the housing office." said Fiona Schroeder, director of Housing Services. Before CCHM took over, students had to go out of their way and walk across campus to make payments. Now they have the convenience of paying their bills closer to home. Another change visible to students is the new look and atmosphere of the halls. "We've been working on making our lobbies more homelike," Schroeder said. "From adding lighting, lamps and motivational pictures, clocks, mirrors and wall-pa per, we are just trying to make each of the floor lobbies more like home." This change, which is under the direction of Mylynn Davis, the assistant director of housing services, is still in the process of being finished. The purpose of the project is to help students lose the idea that the halls are just a cinder block place to stay. "We like to say it's not just a place to sleep and eat, it's a place to live this is home," Schroeder said. "We are trying to make it more comfortable. We are constantly trying to improve." One way management is trying to improve the halls is by asking for more student input. If students give suggestions, improvements can be made where possible. "If we have things that don't work, we try and fix them that has always been the goal of housing services, but even more so now, it is to really attend to the students needs." Schroeder said. see Century page 18 One Stop Satellite launching more satellites By Rafe Nielsen senior news reporter The Signpost Technology developed by Weber State University's Center for Aerospace Technology will soon be used to launch small space satellites from former Russian Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles. One Stop Satellite Solutions, a break-off from the CAST program, has designed the new satellites to be used by private organizations for academic research, space testing components, or even personal missions, according to Erica Anderson, public relations director for OSSS. The satellites, called CubeSAT's, measure only 4x4x4 inches and weigh a mere 2.2 pounds. Full size satellites, like those used for television, can weigh ip to 10.000 pounds. Seventy-two of these CubeSATs can be placed on an aluminum frame called a Multi-Payload Adapter. From there the satellites can be launched into space together. Individual academic institutions, corporate businesses, and even private individuals can buy and operate their own satellite through OSSS. And the cost for one is relatively cheap. For about $45,000 see Satellite page 15

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news featuring sports! Masayoshi Ivvamoto puts color to an otherwise blank canvas, page 6. A special eight-page section about Valentine's Day features stories about kissing, WSU searches for answers against Montana and Sacramento State, page 1 6. mm- i ove and different ideas, pages 7-14. Volume 63 Issue 48 Wednesday, February 14, 2001 mw4 1 - r j f jT I ir it IIAVH1 H IGNPOST w E B E R T E U N I V R I T Y Students react to Napster ruling Monday's court ruling has many students wondering whether it was justified By Mark Cray news editor The Signpost Assuming the music swapping Web site Napster gets shut down, over half the students who visit the computer lab in the Stewart Library at Weber State University will have to search the Internet for other sites, said lab assistant John Cheney. Cheney said more than 50 percent of the students come to the lab to use the Limp Bizkit-loving, Metallica-hating Web site. Fear of the Web site's demise came after a San Francisco court ruled that Napster must stop users from swapping copyrighted music. Napster can still stay in business until the court writes its injunction. An injunction that could come within a matter of days. "I think everyone saw it coming," said Jolie Hales, a WSU sophomore. It's estimated that 1.5 million users are logged on to Napster at any time during the weekend, and there are about 50 million users of the site. As much as some students would hate to see the site terminated, many think the ruling was justified. "I think it's justified," said Cheney. "Companies pay to make CDs and pay their singers, so you have to keep the royalties coming in. You have to make a living." Cheney, who visits Napster twice a week but has never burned a CD, said he will just download music from other music swapping sites if Napster is forced to log off. Russell Porter, a WSU sophomore, won't go to a new site. "I'm not that adamant in it ... but I see a major part of Napster users doing it." Porter has logged on to Napster about 40 times but he sees why the court ruled the way it did. "As much as I like going on Napster, I do agree with the rul- see Napster page 18 7. (9) By Melissa Mikesell managing editor The Signpost Century Campus Housing Management, L.P., a national leader in private management of on-campus housing, joined in partnership with the residence halls of Weber State University in order to provide students residing in the halls better living conditions. CCHM took the reins from WSU Jan. 1. 2001 and so far, the transition has been a smooth one. "Century has been really good about making the transition as smooth as possible," said Matt Topham. a resident assistant in Wasatch First South residence hall and a WSU sophomore. "Most of the residents, 1 think, didn't even know there was a change." Although some students haven't noticed any change, there are changes being made. Those that don't know of the changes will find out soon enough, especially when they go to pay their bills. "Some of the things some students noticed right away are that now all payments for their food plan, telephone bill or their residence home room are made at the housing office." said Fiona Schroeder, director of Housing Services. Before CCHM took over, students had to go out of their way and walk across campus to make payments. Now they have the convenience of paying their bills closer to home. Another change visible to students is the new look and atmosphere of the halls. "We've been working on making our lobbies more homelike," Schroeder said. "From adding lighting, lamps and motivational pictures, clocks, mirrors and wall-pa per, we are just trying to make each of the floor lobbies more like home." This change, which is under the direction of Mylynn Davis, the assistant director of housing services, is still in the process of being finished. The purpose of the project is to help students lose the idea that the halls are just a cinder block place to stay. "We like to say it's not just a place to sleep and eat, it's a place to live this is home," Schroeder said. "We are trying to make it more comfortable. We are constantly trying to improve." One way management is trying to improve the halls is by asking for more student input. If students give suggestions, improvements can be made where possible. "If we have things that don't work, we try and fix them that has always been the goal of housing services, but even more so now, it is to really attend to the students needs." Schroeder said. see Century page 18 One Stop Satellite launching more satellites By Rafe Nielsen senior news reporter The Signpost Technology developed by Weber State University's Center for Aerospace Technology will soon be used to launch small space satellites from former Russian Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles. One Stop Satellite Solutions, a break-off from the CAST program, has designed the new satellites to be used by private organizations for academic research, space testing components, or even personal missions, according to Erica Anderson, public relations director for OSSS. The satellites, called CubeSAT's, measure only 4x4x4 inches and weigh a mere 2.2 pounds. Full size satellites, like those used for television, can weigh ip to 10.000 pounds. Seventy-two of these CubeSATs can be placed on an aluminum frame called a Multi-Payload Adapter. From there the satellites can be launched into space together. Individual academic institutions, corporate businesses, and even private individuals can buy and operate their own satellite through OSSS. And the cost for one is relatively cheap. For about $45,000 see Satellite page 15